“One out of every three professionals on the planet is on LinkedIn”-Jason Miller, Content Marketing Manager at LinkedIn
Started in 2003, LinkedIn has come a long way- a professional companion for individuals and above all, a doorway for businesses to reach an audience of 300 million! being a marketing tool to sharing your company’s story to driving in new customers, clients and contacts, LinkedIn, undoubtedly stands as the beloved of the corporate world, globally.
The story is reflected, as it is, on our home ground. A total of 62 million Indians connects, networks and shares insights on LinkedIn.
The thoughts, plans and ideas shared over the platform evolves and creates powerful insights for its users that they can use as a foundation for their future endeavours.
This time, LinkedIn has leafed into its data to create a blueprint of the fastest-growing jobs in the Indian talent market, based on its five-year study.
Technology being the fuel to India’s emergence as a global market has been the frontrunner for gearing the emerging job towards hard tech skills and digital technologies.
Why the majority of jobs are tech-oriented in the list?
As per McKinsey report, India is the second-fastest digitising economy in the world.
And India’s tech sector will deliver 1 trillion in economic value and sustain up to 65 million jobs by 2025.
Nasscom-Zinnov has crowned the new Silicon Valley, Bengaluru as the main contributor in India’s journey of becoming the third-largest start-up hub in the world.
Technology continues to dominate the emerging job market.
Star of the list: Blockchain developer
NASSCOM and Avasant Blockchain report 2019 says that enterprises across all key industries are identifying applications of blockchain.
Already leveraging its prowess in the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) sector, entrepreneurs are nurturing healthcare, retail and logistics with blockchain applications and as a result, this has led to the surge in demand for blockchain developers.
Let’s scroll through the list of the top LinkedIn 15 emerging jobs in India 2019
1. BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPER
They develop and optimize blockchain protocols and design the architecture of blockchain systems.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Hospital & Healthcare
- Skills you need: Hyperledger, Solidity, Node.js, Smart Contract
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, New Delhi, Hyderabad
2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST
Artificial Intelligence specialists work on getting machines to learn.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Research, Education Management
- Skills you need: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, TensorFlow, Python (Programming Language), Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad
3. JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPER
While front-end web developers are employed to work on front-end systems, but the programming language itself is more versatile than this, which may bestraddle the worlds of design and programming.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Education Management
- Skills you need: AngualrJS, Node.js, React.js, React Native, MongoDB
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad
4. ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION CONSULTANT
The role of RPA Consultant is to work with organizations to understand how their business can adopt RPA, and what the benefits of it may be.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Accounting, Management Consulting, Information Services
- Skills you need: UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Process Automation, SQL
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Mumbai
5. BACK-END DEVELOPER
The Back-end Developer is in charge of building and implementing what a particular web application is meant to do-the components that are indirectly accessed by a user through the shiny front-end.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, E-learning
- Skills you need: Node.js, MongoDB, JavaScript, Django, MySQL
- Where the jobs are: Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Noida
6. GROWTH MANAGER
A Growth Manager’s role focus on using growth techniques to get more buyers or users for their product at scale.
- Top Industries: Food & Beverages, Internet, Information Technology and Services, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising
- Skills you need: Business Development, Team Management, Growth Strategies, Market Research, Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing
- Where the jobs are: Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Noida
7. SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER
SRE is another fascinating example of a hybrid-style emerging job. An SRE is expected to bring a software engineer approach to system administration topics.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Marketing & Advertising
- Skills you need: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, Docker Products, Kubernetes, Jenkins
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad
8. CUSTOMER SUCCESS SPECIALIST
Unlike customer services which are largely reactive (e.g. responding to complaints), customer success specialists are expected to work proactively to understand core client needs and what an organization needs to do to meet those needs.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising
- Skills you need: Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Team Management, Customer retention, Software as a Service (SaaS), Account Management
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi
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9. FULL STACK ENGINEER
A full-stack engineer helps to run a project from start to finish and are in hot demand across a huge swathe of industries looking to add tech capacity as efficiently as possible.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Automotive, Industrial Automation, Electrical and Electronics Manufacturing
- Skills you need: Robotic Process Automation (RPA), UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, Robotics, SQL
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Chennai
10. ROBOTICS ENGINEER (SOFTWARE)
Robotics Engineers are those behind the scenes who build and design the software being deployed.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising
- Skills you need: AngularJS, Node.js, JavaScript, React.js, MongoDB
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai
11. CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST
The role of cybersecurity specialist is to keep computer information systems secure, primarily against cybercrime which includes phishing, denial-of-service attacks, malware, viruses, and hacking.
Cybersecurity specialists develop security programs and implement them across organizations.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Computer and Network Security, Accounting, Management Consulting
- Skills you need: Vulnerability Assessment, Security Information and Event Management (Siem), Penetration Testing, Information Security, Network Security
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Gurgaon
12. PYTHON DEVELOPER
Python Developers usually create back-end components, connecting web applications to other web services and making sure the front end works as it should.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising
- Skills you need: Django, Flask, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad
13. DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALIST
A digital marketing specialist is swiftly becoming a non-negotiable element of the modern marketing team.
They are someone who use data to identify target markets and generate digital and online marketing campaigns.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Marketing & Advertising, Education Management
- Skills you need: MySQL, HTML, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Google Ads, Social Media Optimization (SMO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Google Analytics
- Where the jobs are: Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi
14. FRONT-END ENGINEER
The front-end engineer works with web designers to craft the visual elements of web application an ensure that they work as they should.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Electrical and Electronics Manufacturing
- Skills you need: AngularJS, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap, HTML5
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai
15. LEAD GENERATION SPECIALIST
A mixture of marketing and sales, lead generation specialist is responsible for identifying prospective clients or customers.
- Top Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Outsourcing/Offshoring
- Skills you need: Market Research, Email Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Development, Digital Marketing
- Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Pune, Gurgaon
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